cruels

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English

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Etymology

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Corrupted from French écrouelles (scrofula). Spelling influenced by cruel.

Noun

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cruels pl (plural only)

  1. Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cruels”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Adjective

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cruels

  1. plural of cruel

French

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Adjective

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cruels

  1. masculine plural of cruel

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